The Shady Dale City Council is planning upgrades for the city’s well-water system and fire department.Mayor Don Heaton and council members Steven Champion, Karen Bryan, Jenette Samoray, Louise Westbrook, and Deann Greenway voted unanimously on both issues.Well repairs were approved in the amount of $7,100 for installation and pipes. Water superintendent Gary Champion was also…
The Varsity ‘Canes who played the first game of the season like a powerhouse have lost seven straight games. They have only scored six runs in their last three games while giving up 31. The latest was Tuesday, March 14 at home when they were defeated by Oglethrope County 12-1. The only spark of offense…
A criminal session of Jasper Superior Court convened on Monday, March 13 with Judge Hulane E. George, presiding.Richard Lee Williams who was charged with interference with government property and obstruction of an officer was first on the trial calendar Tuesday after pleas were accepted Monday. After jury selection, he changed his mind and decided to…
Absent from last month’s meeting of the Monticello City Council, input from citizens was back in full force Tuesday night with residents commenting on issues ranging from utility bills to crime.Citizens capped off a brief meeting of a quorum of council members including Bryan Standifer, Glenn Newsome, Jackie Smith, and mayor Susan Holmes. Scott Sauls…
The Jasper County Commissioners breezed through a fairly long agenda during their regular meeting Monday, postponed from the previous week because it was not properly posted.Virtually every item passed unanimously, although there was considerable discussion on a couple items. One item in question was the engineering work for Highway 11 which is necessary because of…
The Board of Assessors (BOA) can remove $34,600 of assessed property value from the tax books as result of a Jasper Superior Court ruling handed down by Judge Hugh Wingfield last week.The judge granted a motion for Landers-Nash Family Limited Partnership, the defendant, involving a tax appeal case filed by the BOA, the plaintiff. The…
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office is seeking any possible witness or witnesses who might have observed a shooting which occurred on Jackson Lake Road just south of Cook Cutoff Road between 3:30 and 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11. It involved a red pick-up truck and a white 700 Ford boom truck. Anyone with information…
Colton Strawn turned in the lowest score with 32 in Hurricane golf competiton last Thursday against Eastside.Regulation play ended in a tie with both schools having a team score of 166. The team score is derived by adding the four lowest scores together out of six possible golfers. The teams then played a playoff hole.Everyone…
The Hurricane Track team ran away with an impressive performance and first place finish Tuesday afternoon at their season opening meet at Jackson High School.The Cane squad earned 87 points to Jackson’s 52 points during the two-team meet. The boys had 18 competitors and Shondra Williams was the sole girls competitor. “I’m extremely proud of…